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Americans don’t trust each other. Democracy hangs in the balance.
 
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From personal attacks by politicians to fights at your family dinner table, it’s clear that what divides us is becoming a stronger force than what unites us.

That was what prompted MLive Reporters Malachi Barrett and Emily Lawler to dig in on how we got here, interviewing political observers, politicians and a former governor who is laser-focused on civility over divisiveness.

One finding? The highest-ever levels of partisanship are making government less able to accomplish things for regular people and starting to erode democracy itself.

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